Dispenser



Dc. 27, 1938. s, BLOOMFIELD 2,141,160

DISPENSER Filed May 21, 1938 Jamaal fllaomfz/d INVENTOR.

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Patented Dec. 27, 1938 I V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISPENSER Samuel Bloomfield, Chicago, Ill.

Application May 21, 1938, Serial No. 209,310

6 Claims. (01. 221-62) This invention relates broadly to receptacles, showing the receptacle in substantially inverted and more particularly to a receptacle especially dispensing position. adapted for dispensing granular and related sub- A preferred embodiment of the invention as stances such as sugar, one of the principal obviewed in Fig. 1 includes an upright receptacle jects of the invention being the provision of a In having an open top portion ll provided with 5 dispenser having an automatically opening thread means or thread engaging means l2 and closure means for a spout formation and operable, fitted with a substantially cylindrical metal cap when the receptacle with which it is associated l3 provided with attaching means in the form of is tilted out of its normal position, to open so thread engaging formations I4 which permit that the contents of the receptacle may flow securing the cap to the receptacle. 10 freely therefrom. The dispensing means constituting one of the Another object is the provision of a dispenser objects of the invention includes a spout formaincluding an upright receptacle having a metal tion in the form of a sleeve-like portion l5 which cap with a spout formation extruded therefrom is extruded from the cap near the edge portion and a gravity-operated closing flap for the spout thereof, or, in other words, in a position offset 15 which will open and close as the receptacle is with respect to the center region of the cap. tilted into and out of upright position. Preferably, the spout formation l5 has an Yet another object is the provision of an upopening I6 which is disposed in a plane tilted at right receptacle having a metal cap with a poran angle to the horizontal, that is to say, tilted 20 tion extruded to provide a substantially conical with respect to the plane of the top of the cap. or sloping sleeve serving as a spout, and a gravity- This arrangement, together with the location of operated flap closure for the spout including a the spout close to the rim of the cap, provides for stationary sup-porting arm apertured to fit over the greatest dispensing efficiency. the spout, the rim or lip portions of the spout Automatic closing means for the dispensing being bent back against the arm to hold the spout includes a stationary supporting member 25 latter rigidly, and an elongated closure flap pivotin the form of an elongated arm I1 (Figs. 3 and ally mounted on the arm and normally resting 4 particularly) having an opening formed against the rim or open portion of the spout through one particular end portion 18 thereof and when the receptacle is standing upright. embracing the intermediate sloping or conical Still another object is the provision of a re- Wall portions 0f the S eev Spout d Spout 30 ceptacle of the class described, in which the having edge rim portions l9 turned back 01 spout extrusion is formed about an axis at an peened or otherwise forced against the supportangle to the horizontal, that is to say, tilted with ine rm or m r IT SO as o clamp or wedge respect to the receptacle top or closure, the spout e latter Securely down against the Widening having a gravity-operated closing flap pivotally $10136 portions of the Spout e. 35 mounted on a member wedgedly embracing the The endwise portion 20 of the supp g arm intermediate body portions of the spout. or m m l1 pp t p ticular end l8 Other novel aspects and objects of the inthereof, is disposed in a radial sense toward the vention, both with respect to its construction and Center 2| 0f the and i5 DTOVided with El 40 its operation, will appear as the following dep P Opposite struck p Bars 22 having aligned 40 scription proceeds in view of the drawing, in Opemngs 9 mountlng Closure means- Which: Automatic or gravity-operated closure means Fig 1 is a side elevation of the cap and for the spout includes an elongated flap member proved dispensing means; 23 hav1ng a 133111 of apertured ears 24 near one Fig 2 is a top perspective of the cap and of its ends for alignment with the ears 22 on the 45 pensing means Seen in Fig 1; supporting arm, there being a pintle or pivot pin Fi 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional meansl 25 extendegithmugh openings in the severa ears provi ing a pivo a1 mounting for y g f i gg g g g f means as the closure or flap member. Adjacent the inner leliv vi 48 0 b tt 1 0 .i th d 1 end portion of this flap I1 is a lateral edge por- 1 15 a f 0 tif Q ng tion 2!? which is struck up to provide a movegigl l g f 3 533 2 0 4 iifilg as Vlewed 111 e dlrec" ment-limitinglfiange adapted to bear against the i cover portion 3 when the flap or closure is open, F g. 5 1s a fragmenta y Vertical Se t on t ough as seen in Fig. 5, so as to regulate, in elfect, the the receptacle and dlspel'lsmg means o g. flow of granular or other material 21 from the 55 receptacle l0 and also to direct the movement of such material, the flap opening automatically when the spout portion is lowered and closing into the position seen in Figs. 1 through 3 when the receptacle is. in its normal upright position.

It will thus appear that I have provided a relatively simple dispensing closure means which may be easily and cheaply manufactured and which at the same time is rugged and efficient, and while I have illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention herein for purposes of explanation, it will be understood that the several objects heretofore declared may be achieved in other ways without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A dispenser for granular substances and the like and including an upright receptacle, a top for said receptacle, a spout formed in said top by extrusion and closure means for said spout including an arm having an apertured portion embracing the spout, said spout having rim portions forced against said member to secure the latter against movement relative to the spout and a substantially planar closing flap pivotally mounted near one end on an end portion of said member remote from the spout, said flap being normally disposed by gravity against the opening of the spout to close the latter when the receptacle is in upright position.

2. A dispenser including an upright receptacle, a metal closing cap for said receptacle, said cap having a portion extruded to provide a spout, and closing means for the spout including an apertured arm fitted over the spout and held immovable relative to the latter by virtue of rim portions of the spout being forced back against said arm, said spout being nearer the edge of said cap than the central region thereof, and closure means for the spout including a substantially elongated supporting arm having an aperture portion near one end embracing said spout and having its opposite end disposed toward the central region of the cap, said spout having rim portions bent back upon said supporting arm to hold the latter rigidly, and a substantially planar and elongated flap pivotally mounted at one end on said opposite end of the supporting arm, said flap having end portions opposite its pivotal mounting normally disposed by gravity against the opening of the spout when said receptacle is in an upright position.

3. A dispenser including an upright receptacle, a metal cap for said receptacle and of substantially circular form, said cap having a spout portion extruded therefrom adjacent the periphery thereof, and a flap closure for said spout including a substantially elongated arm having one end portion apertured and embracing said spout, the latter having peripheral portions turned back onto said arm clamping the arm against movement with the opposite end portion of the arm directed substantially toward the center of the cap, said opposite end portion of the arm having opposite edgewise parts struck up to provide aligned ears, and a closure for said spout in the form of an elongated flap member having ear portions struck up near one end and. pivotally mounted on pin means engaging said first-mentioned ears on said arm such that the opposite end portion of said elongated flap member normally gravitates against the opening of said spout when the receptacle is in an upright position.

4. A dispenser including an upright receptacle, a metal cap having means for removably securing the same to said receptacle, said cap having a top portion normally disposed in a substantially horizontal plane when said receptacle is in an upright position, said cap having a spout portion extruded therefrom offset from the central region thereof, said spout having a sloping intermediate body portion adjoining the cap and having an opening disposed in a plane at an angle to the horizontal, and closure means for the spout in the form of an arm having an apertured portion fitted around said intermediate portion of the spout, said spout having rim portions around said opening thereof turned back upon said arm and wedging the latter immovably onto said intermediate body portions thereof, said arm having an opposite end portion extending in a radial sense toward the central portion of said cap, said opposite end portion of the arm having opposite ears struck up therefrom, and a closure flap pivotally mounted on pin means engaging said ears and normally disposed by gravity against said opening of the spout when the receptacle is in upright position.

5. A dispenser including a substantially cylindrical receptacle having an open top portion and adapted normally to stand upright, and a metal cap for said receptacle and provided with thread formations for removably securing the same onto said open top portion of the receptacle, said cap having an eccentrically disposed spout formed by extruding therefrom a sleevelike formation having sloped Wall portions, an elongated supporting arm having a particular end portion apertured and fitted over said sloping portions of the spout formation, said spout having rim portions peened back onto the supporting arm and forcing the latter rigidly against the wider sloping portions of the spout formation, said supporting arm having its inner end portion opposite the said particular end thereof directed in a radial sense toward the center of the cap, said inner end portion of the arm having opposite ears struck up thereon, and an elongated closing flap for the spout having opposite ear portions struck down near one end thereof and pivotally mounted on said supporting arm by pin means extending through said ears, the opposite end portion of said flap normally resting against said rim portion of the spout and closing the latter when said receptacle is in upright position, said flap automatically opening when said receptacle is tilted to lower said spout portion.

6. A dispenser constructed in accordance with the provisions of claim 5 and in which said closing flap is additionally provided with an offset formation in the region of its pivotal mounting on said supporting arm for the purpose of limiting the opening movement of the flap when said receptacle is tilted out of said normal position such that said flap will be urged toward fully open position.

SAMUEL BLOOMFIELD. 

